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Air St. Thomas

Air St. Thomas was an airline

Airline

File:Fedex-md11-N525FE-051109-21-16.jpgFile:Ryanair.b737-800.aftertakeoff.arp.jpgAn airline provides civil aviation for passengers or freight, generally with a recognized operating certificate or license....
based on the island of St. Thomas

Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

Saint Thomas is an island in the Caribbean Sea, a county and constituent Districts and sub-districts of the United States Virgin Islands of the United States Virgin Islands , an unincorporated territory of the United States....
, in the United States Virgin Islands

United States Virgin Islands

The United States Virgin Islands is a group of islands in the Caribbean that are an insular area of the United States. The islands are geographically part of the Virgin Islands and are located in the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles....
. It operated regular and charter

Charter airline

A charter airline, also sometimes referred to as an air taxi, operates aircraft on a charter basis, that is flights that take place outside normal schedules, by a hiring arrangement with a particular customer....
passenger services. Its main base was Cyril E. King Airport

Cyril E. King Airport

Cyril E. King Airport is a public airport located two miles west of the central business district of Charlotte Amalie, United States Virgin Islands on the island of Saint Thomas, U.S....
, St Thomas. It ceased operations in December 2005

History The airline was established in 1975 and was known as Virgin Air until 1934. Through the 1970s and well into the 1990s, Air St. Thomas faced stiff competition from Puerto Rico International Airlines

Prinair

Prinair was Puerto Rico's domestic and international flag carrier airline for almost two decades....
, Aero Virgin Islands

Aero Virgin Islands

Aero Virgin Islands was an airline based in Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, United States U.S. Virgin Islands....
and Vieques Air Link

Vieques Air Link

Vieques Air Link is a small Puerto Rico airline company that links Vieques with Culebra and mainland Puerto Rico....
, among others.

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Air St. Thomas was an airline

Airline

Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

United States Virgin Islands

Charter airline

Cyril E. King Airport

Code Data

IATA
International Air Transport Association

The International Air Transport Association is an international industry trade group of airlines headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where the International Civil Aviation Organization is also headquartered....
Code: ZP
ICAO Code: STT

History

The airline was established in 1975 and was known as Virgin Air until 1934. Through the 1970s and well into the 1990s, Air St. Thomas faced stiff competition from Puerto Rico International Airlines

Prinair

Prinair was Puerto Rico's domestic and international flag carrier airline for almost two decades....
, Aero Virgin Islands

Aero Virgin Islands

Aero Virgin Islands was an airline based in Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, United States U.S. Virgin Islands....
and Vieques Air Link

Vieques Air Link

Vieques Air Link is a small Puerto Rico airline company that links Vieques with Culebra and mainland Puerto Rico....
, among others. Because of this, the airline concentrated mainly on intra island flights.

Puerto Rico International Airlines flew from 1966 to 1984, and Aero Virgin Islands flew until 2000. While Vieques Air Link still flies, Air St. Thomas didn't face that airline directly, as Vieques Air Link does not fly to St. Thomas. One of Air St. Thomas largest competitors was American Eagle

American Eagle Airlines

American Eagle Airlines is a brand name used by American Eagle Airlines, Inc. , based in Fort Worth, Texas, and Executive Airlines based in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in the operation of passenger air service as regional airline of American Airlines....
, however. American Eagle is financially backed by American Airlines

American Airlines

American Airlines, Inc. is a major carrier of the United States. It is the world's largest airlines in passenger miles transported and passenger fleet size; second largest, behind FedEx Express, in aircraft operated; and second behind Air France-KLM in operating revenues....
.

After Puerto Rico International Airlines and Aero Virgin Islands began to slowly pull away from the market, Air St. Thomas began to grow, adding flights, specifically to Puerto Rican

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is a Autonomy Territories of the United States of the United States located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of the Virgin Islands....
airport

Airport

An airport is a location where aircraft such as Fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and Non-rigid airship take off and land. Aircraft may also be stored or maintained at an airport....
s, and to some other areas. The airline officially became an international airline when it added flights to the British Virgin Islands

British Virgin Islands

The British Virgin Islands is a British overseas territory, located in the Caribbean to the east of Puerto Rico. The islands make up part of the Virgin Islands, the remaining islands constituting the United States Virgin Islands....
. The airline was owned by Paul Wikander (51%) and M Wikander (49%).

In December 2005, Air St. Thomas owner, Paul Wikander, made his final scheduled flight (from Fajardo, Puerto Rico

Fajardo, Puerto Rico

Fajardo is a small but popular city in Puerto Rico located in the east region of the island, bordering the Atlantic Ocean, north of Ceiba, Puerto Rico and east of Luquillo, Puerto Rico.Fajardo is spread over 7 wards and Fajardo Pueblo ....
to St. Thomas) ending 35 years of operation in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Wikander plans to seel the airline. Air St. Thomas had stopped flying to Saint-Barthélemy

Saint-Barthélemy

Saint Barth?lemy , officially the Collectivity of Saint Barth?lemy , is an overseas collectivity of France. To the northwest lies St. Martin, to the southwest Saba, to the south St....
in 2004 after it was named among five airlines "blacklisted" by the French government because of alleged maintenance violations. Wikander believed the ban was "political" and reiterated his airline's strong safety record of just one minor injury in 35 years.

Destinations

Air St Thomas flew to the following international scheduled destinations (at January 2005): Culebra

Culebra, Puerto Rico

Isla Culebra is an island-municipality of Puerto Rico originally called Isla Pasaje and Isla de San Ildefonso. It is located approximately east of the Puerto Rican mainland, west of Saint Thomas, U.S....
, Fajardo

Fajardo, Puerto Rico

San Juan, Puerto Rico

San Juan is the Capital and largest Municipalities of Puerto Rico in Puerto Rico. As of the United States Census Bureau, it has a population of 433,733, making it the List of United States cities by population city under the jurisdiction of the United States....
and Virgin Gorda

Virgin Gorda

Virgin Gorda is the third-largest and second most populous of the British Virgin Islands . Located at approximately 18 degrees, 48 minutes North, and 64 degrees, 30 minutes West, it covers an area of about 8 square miles ....
.

Fleet

1 Cessna 402
Cessna 402

The Cessna 401 and 402 are series of 6 to 10 place light twin piston engine aircraft. This line was manufactured by Cessna from 1966 to 1985 under the name Utiliner and Businessliner....
Piper Aztec
Piper Aztec

The Piper PA-23, named Apache and later Aztec, was an United States twin-engined monoplane, the first twin-engine aircraft built by Piper Aircraft....

External links

- St. Thomas to St. Croix